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il occupa

took care of, looked after, occupied

→ occuper
occup occupy + a 3rd-person singular simple past
verb · 3rd-person singular, past tense Rare #52,221
took care of, looked after Used with « se » and « de » to mean “take care of” or “look after” someone or something.
FR: Elle s'occupa des enfants pendant que je travaillais.
EN: She took care of the children while I was working.
occupied
FR: Il occupa cette place pendant plusieurs années.
EN: He occupied this position for several years.
Conjugation of occuper
Indicative past
SingularPlural
Third occupa —

Une jolie serveuse s'occupa de nous.

A pretty waitress looked after us.

Je me mis là où se tenait mon père, à la place qu'il occupa tant d'années.

I stood where my father used to stand, in the place he occupied for so many years.

— The Road Home (1999)

Etheline Tenenbaum garda la maison et s'occupa des enfants.

Etheline Tenenbaum kept house and took care of the children.

— La Famille Tenenbaum (2001)

Tom s'occupa de nos enfants.

Tom looked after our children.